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Polemics vs Ideology - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between polemics and ideology

is that polemics is the art or practice of making arguments or controversies while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

polemics

English

Noun

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  • The art or practice of making arguments or controversies
  • The refutation of errors in theological doctrine
  • English plurals

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    ideology

    English

    (wikipedia ideology)

    Noun

    (ideologies)
  • Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
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  • The study of the origin and nature of ideas.

    • Usage notes

    Original meaning “study of ideas” (following the etymology), today primarily used to mean “doctrine”. For example “communist ideology” generally refers to “communist doctrine”; study of communist ideas instead being “communist philosophy”, or more clearly “philosophy of communism”; only rarely “ideology of communism”.

    Related terms

    * ideologic * ideological * ideologically * ideologist * ideologue

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    * * English words suffixed with -ology